WM36 Why You Should Take Part in NaNoWriMo (and why I'm pausing this show)
The last episode of the current season! Pilar talks about what she's gained from taking part in previous NaNoWriMo s and encourages anyone who's been...
Word Maze - what I'm learning about writing
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The second season of Word Maze is all about writing fiction. Join Pilar during NaNoWriMo. Writing, struggling, reading (favourite mode of procrastination) and podcasting her journey. Happy 50k if you're also Nanoing!
WM35 You Create When You Start Writing
In today's episode, Pilar talks about: Why she's stuck. How the story's changed once she got writing, and how the idea can develop. What's she learned...
WM34 Making a Character Active
Pilar has realised that all her character was doing was living in the past, but she has a couple of things she's going to try to make the character mo...
WM33 Writing Fiction vs Writing Non-Fiction
You'd think it's obvious, but it's taken Pilar quite a while to realise the main difference between writing a non-fiction book and writing a novel. P...
WM32 Why Do We Write?
Why do we write? I struggled so much during the re-write that I almost threw it all away and gave up this "I want to write fiction" thing. Why I didn'...
WM31 Do Not Wait for Inspiration, Bad Habits and Dialogue
Pilar updates listeners on her writing retreat and how it's difficult to explain to people who don't write that writing is not driven by inspiration. ...
WM30 Working through Feedback
I've finally received some feedback, at a micro and macro level. Lots to think about regarding character, supporting characters and the level of traum...
WM29 Not Writer's Block but Writer's Discomfort
Today I share how I'm struggled to write a scene which was hard for the character to go through. The writing journal has been very useful in identify...
WM28 Discovering a story through journaling
Having never "journaled" before, Pilar has started a writing journal to help her identify the bits that need fixing. She came across this idea when li...
WM27 Editing for Point of View
Pilar has started working with a coach, and so now the hard work begins! She talks about how she's made some changes after considering the character's...